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REEL SEAL APPLICATION FILED'SEPTM |920.

Patented 1161.11, 1921.

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UNITED STATESy PATENT OFFICE.

LEAVITT J'r LANE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO WINCHESTERREPEATING ARMS CO., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

REEL-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application med September 4, 1920. Serial No. 408,256.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LnAvrrr J. LANE, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county ofNew I'Iaven and State of Connecticut, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Reel-Seats and I do hereby declare the following, `whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application,and represent, in

Figure 1 is a broken view in side elevation of a fishing-rod handleprovided with my improved reel-seat and shown as mounting a reel.

Fig. 2 is a broken reverse plan view of the handle with the reelremoved. y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view in transverse section on the line 3--3 ofFig. 1, showing the rotatable locking-band in its unlocked position.

Fig. 4: showing position.

Fig. 5 rotatable locking-band.

Fig. 6 is a left-hand end view thereof.

My invention relates to an improved reelband for ishing rods, the objectbeing to produce a simple, convenient and reliable means for attachingthe reel securely to the handle of the rod.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a reel-band havingcertain details of construction as will be hereinafter described andpointed out in the claim.

In carrying `out my invention as herein shown, I employ a locking-band 7formed at is a similar view on the saine line the band as turned intoits looked its inner end with an integral olisetting cam 8 and at itsouter end with a knurled bead 9, the said band being mounted forlongitudi nal and rotary movement upon the forward portion of thetubular metal reel-seat 10 projecting rearward, in this instance, fromthe handle l1 of the rod. I also employ a complementary but fixedretaining-collar 12 located at the rear end of the reel-seat 10 so as tooverhang the adjacent ends of two paris an enlarged detached view of theallel positioning-ribs 13 which are struckup from the lower face of thereel-seat 10 and which are separated from each other by a distancerepresented by the width of the curved reel-plate 14 of the reel 15which may, of course, be of any standard construetion.

Preparatory to the installation of the reel upon the rod, thelocking-band 7 is slid forward as shown in Fig. 2, so as to entirelyclear the forward ends ofi the positioning ribs 13. The rear end of thereel-plate 1li is then inserted under the forward edge of: the iXedretaining-collar so as to lie between the ribs 13. The locking-band 7 isnow drawn rearwardly over the forward end of theplate as shown in Fig.1, whereby the plate is engaged and held by its opposite ends. The bandis now rotated from lett to right, whereby its cam 8 is caused to rideover the `forward end of' the reel-plate with the production ofsuiicient friction to be held securely in place. The band 7 will remainin this position until it is desired to remove the reel from the rodwhen it is turned from right to left and then slid forward to disenvagethe forward end of the reel-plate whidh is then drawn forward and sodisengaged from the fixed retainingfcollar l2.

I claim:

A reel-seat for fishing-rods, havin@ a tubular reel-seat formed with twoparalel po sitioning-ribs, a fixed retaining-collar overhanging the saidribs at one end thereof, and a longitudinally movable and rotatable bandinstalled upon the tube at the opposite end of' the ribs, the said bandbeing formed at its open end with an outwardly offsetting circumferential cam adapted for direct engagement with the outer face ofthe reelplate when the reel is installed upon the rod.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

LEAVIT'I J. LANE.

